The Fly
Thrown together for your amusement/entertainment. From the perspective of a fly on the wall in Lansing. You Betcha! (7)Nuh Uh.(1)
READ MORE ►There was a story which a friend of mine passed along to me several years ago regarding early American History, specifically relating to government spending, which I immediately enjoyed and still remember to this day.
It focused on a conversation between one Davy Crockett and a constituent by the name of Horatio Bunce, regarding an appropriations bill in the US House of Representatives. Mr. Bunce took issue with not only the speed the appropriation was made, but why it was even made in the first place. During their conversation, he also drove that point solidly home by reminding the then campaigning Rep. Crockett:
“The people have delegated to Congress, by the Constitution, the power to do certain things. To do these, it is authorized to collect and pay moneys, and for nothing else. Everything beyond this is usurpation, and a violation of the Constitution.”
Let’s just say that Rep. Crockett had an interesting response to that situation to say the least (along with how it guided his future decisions).
So, what does a discussion nearly two centuries ago have to do with Michigan Politics today?
{Press that button below to find out.}
If you all thought Gov. Gretchen “Half” Whitmer was unstable, well, get a load of this.
What the hell were you thinking by electing a pumpkin-head Millennial nutcase, CD-11?
Democrats and Republicans want to be on the same page while fighting the Kung Flu.
So reps Annette Glenn, and Mary Whiteford are taking no chances. They have offered to assist the governor of Michigan in making sure that no medical product channels are being blocked in Michigan.
Whiteford the Chair, and Glenn as committee member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, have penned a letter to the governor offering their leverage and help if in fact there are shenanigans (as the governor alleges) that would block life saving assistance from being distributed in Michigan.
They issued the letter below today :
This is a complete abomination orchestrated by Soros’ flunky Jocelyn Benson, that I’m happy to see SML Shirkey, and Senator Johnson, have stated firm opposition.
The order was swiftly opposed by Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, who argued the May elections should be delayed instead. He cautioned against “decisions made in haste” and asked Whitmer to “reconsider this misstep.”
“Our Governor has authorized the Secretary of State to send absentee ballots to individuals who apply to register to vote without first ensuring proper verification,” Shirkey said. “This unilateral change to how we secure our elections has the potential to invite fraud and security concerns that may last well beyond the circumstances of today.”
Correct, SML Shirkey, that is what the game plan has been all along. Shutter a nation then, vote by mail.
Every voter must have the opportunity to vote by mail this year.
Senators @RonWyden and @amyklobuchar have a bill to get it done, and you can call your senators right now at (202) 224-3121 to urge them to support it. https://t.co/9ACURsoNrE
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 19, 2020
The more that things over time change, the more they stay the same. Ignoring it will not change a thing.
Information from State data as of March 28, 2020.
Livingston County- 31 – 1 death
Macomb County- 404 – 14 deaths
Monroe County- 28
Oakland County- 834 – 26 deaths
St. Clair County- 15
Washtenaw County- 150 – 3 deaths
Wayne County & Detroit City- 1,810 – 37 death
Total- 3,262 or, 89.19% of all confirmed cases of the China Virus and 88.04% of all deaths (81).
Isolating the core problem is the only logical step to make across the country.
I am giving consideration to a QUARANTINE of developing “hot spots”, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. A decision will be made, one way or another, shortly.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2020
Thank you, Mr. President! Americans want to get back to work. This is what real leadership looks like, not like imposing a knee-jerk economic shutdown from Gov. Gretchen “Half” Whitmer using the Democrats playbook to sink our economy by putting Michiganians out of work and shuttering business that bureaucrats in Lansing deem as ‘non-essential.’
“Last week, the Trump administration extended the federal income tax deadline to July 15.”
So basically, greasy forehead Gretchen got herself elected as governor and all she has accomplished for Michiganians is she earned herself a nickname.
I love Michigan, one of the reasons we are doing such a GREAT job for them during this horrible Pandemic. Yet your Governor, Gretchen “Half” Whitmer is way in over her head, she doesn’t have a clue. Likes blaming everyone for her own ineptitude! #MAGA
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2020
Heh! I truly do love our President.
Someone whispered into her ear: “If you don’t find a way to walk that threat made to doctors back, you will find a Stiletto jammed up your backside so fast ..”
The Director of Michigan’s Licensing agency Debra Gagliardi has ‘refined’ her message to suggest that all they were talking about with regard to Hydroxychloriquine was that hoarding was a concern. Though not entirely sanctioning the use of the antimalarial drug as a cure for this new public health threat, the softened tone of LARA in its newest release is clear: “Doctors do what you gotta do!”